Re: what does -il- do?

I'm guessing the i- is just added to the regular adverbial -ly suffix
to make it easier to say, considering it's unstressed

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:07:13 +0200, Rodlox <Rodlox@...> wrote:
>  I was thinking again (no no, don't run YET)....and became curious as to
> what matter of modifier (if that's the right word) -il- is.
>
>  For example...
> "The wood is heavy."
> "The forest is heavily wooded."
>
>  one does not (that I know of) say "the forest is heavy-wooded" or "the wood
> is heavily"...so I thought to ask: what is the -il- that so affects some
> words?  *curious*
>
>  thanks.
>

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